Tough: City boss Pellegrini should be wary of the Blues group (Photo: Clive Brunskill)

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Manchester City have the most difficult Champions League group of England's quartet, according to UEFA coefficient rankings.

On the other hand, Arsene Wenger's Arsenal can feel pleased for themselves after drawing the easiest group of the four Premier League sides - although Jose Mourinho's Chelsea haven't done too badly themselves.

Manuel Pellegrini's City, who reached the Second Round last year before losing to Barcelona, have been handed a sense of deja vu, after being paired with both Bayern Munich and CSKA Moscow for the second year running.

With Self

Without Self

Arsenal

300.87

187.928

Chelsea

310.936

169.987

Liverpool

314.261

255.312

Manchester City

334.063

261.114

But it is the presence of Italian side Roma - the most dangerous of the fourth seeds - that will add further worry to the Citizens.

Altogether, the group has a coefficient ranking of 334.063, higher than the coefficient of any of the other English teams group. And even without City, its ranking is still higher than any of the other groups, not featuring its English representative.

Liverpool's group comes next, thanks largely to the presence of Real Madrid, the reigning champions.

But Swiss side Basel aren't to be discounted, having reached the semi-final and quarter final stages of the Europa League in recent years, as well as the Champions League knockout stages three years ago also - knocking out Manchester United in the process. Bulgaria's Ludogorets are expected to be group whipping boys.

Chelsea and Arsenal however have the easiest groups on paper.

The Blues are paired with German side Schalke - as they were last year - Sporting Lisbon and NK Maribor, conquerors of Celtic.

The Gunners meanwhile find themselves up against Borussia Dortmund, Turkish side Galatasaray and Belgian club Anderlecht.